Positives & negatives from Arsenal's 4-0 win over 10-man Ipswich

Positive #2: Leandro Trossard turned on the style

Even taking into account opposition that looked long-since consigned to playing football in the Championship next season, Trossard still delivered something special. He took both of his goals well, but his movement off the ball and collection of neat touches were at least equally impressive.

It was the way the natural wide man ghosted in and out of central areas that kept the home side's defenders baffled. Trossard darted hither and thither, constantly staying on the move and always timing his sudden forays to perfection.

Flawless timing and astute understanding of space regularly put Trossard into threatening positions. He made the most of the space with a first touch that rarely let him down.

A notable highlight was the deft touch to bring down a high ball over the top on the right wing, followed by an instant scoop forward for Saka. Trossard's two-pronged contribution made Arsenal's second goal possible.

That goal was picturesque stuff, just like the opener Trossard bagged afteer 14 minutes. His sure touch and clever finish through the legs of Dara O'Shea followed a neat and sweeping combination of passes highlighted by Oleksandr Zinchenko's angled ball to a raiding Martin Odegaard.

Approach play this pretty and purposeful deserved an emphatic finish, and Trossard duly obliged. His finishing radar was on point, in sharp contrast to Saka.

Negative #1: Bukayo Saka's rough day

Saka was taken out by a vicious tackle once common during the dark days of the 2000s when opponents had a virtual free pass to kick Arsene Wenger's footballing artisans off the pitch. Memories of those times made it a nervy few moments waiting for Saka to recover from Davis' assault. So did the risk of the Gunners losing their lone world class difference-maker before PSG.

Thankfully, Saka was able to soldier on, but he might have wished he hadn't. At least based on how he consistently got his range wrong in front of goal.

Saka had a trio of opportunities to silence the Suffolk boo boys, but he failed to take any of them. Instead, dragging the ball wide became an unwanted habit for a player whose wand of a left foot usually doesn't fail him where it counts.

He'll rediscover his scoring touch, and hopefully in time for the last four of Europe's premier club competition. Yet, this game will serve as a painful reminder to Saka that he's the one Arsenal player many opponents want to eliminate by any means possible.

That risk is why Arteta may have wanted to rotate a little more freely.

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